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Friday September 11, 2015

Lawsuit on the links Former Black Rock members suing bank for millions

Otter did not complete veto in five days

By DAVID COLE dcole@cdapress.com

Sunny and warm High 86, Low 53 Weather, A2

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n Editorial: Never forget, always have courage, and fight against fear itself. A4 n Come see local art at the studio tour to be held in Coeur d’Alene this Saturday. C1 n Steve Adams seeks re-election to the Cd’A City Council on a ‘less government’ platform. C1 n Local artist Mel McCuddin shared his 60 years of painting experience with kids at Sorensen. C1 n For those about to rock: Modern Theater Cd’A presents “Rock of Ages” through Oct. 10. D1 n A sewage spill was reported in Hayden. A10

COEUR d’ALENE — Former luxury golf Club at Black Rock members are suing for millions in membership deposits they feel should have been refunded when the club closed in 2010. The members have an ongoing class-action lawsuit against Washington Trust Bank for approximately $29 million. A jury trial in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush is scheduled for Oct. 2 in Coeur d’Alene in U.S. District Court. Adam H. Springel of

Idaho court: Instant horse racing illegal

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In this Sept. 6, 2013, Press file photo, club members walk to the 14th hole at the Black Rock golf course. Las Vegas, lead attorney for the former members, declined on Thursday to comment on the case. A representative for the bank couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. According to court

documents, the question a jury will answer is whether the bank took responsibility for the members’ deposit funds when it became the owner of the see GOLF, A10

In a unanimous decision issued Thursday, the court ruled that the ban must go From staff and into effect wire reports because Otter did BOISE — Idaho’s not comhighest court says the Otter state must enforce leg- plete the veto within the required islation banning lucrative instant horse racing five-day time span. In Idaho, a bill automatiterminals after ruling that Gov. Butch Otter’s cally becomes law — even if the governor veto of the bill was doesn’t sign it — unless invalid. it is vetoed within the The decision is a legal timeframe. blow to Idaho’s horse “This pivotal deciracing industry, where sion reaffirms that even officials have pleaded Idaho’s highest elected that the machines are vital to keeping their see RACING, A10 businesses afloat.

Out to reduce elderly abuse

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n NIC soccer player Trace Miller reflects on his three and a half years in the Army. B1 n Lake City beats Post Falls in 5A IEL volleyball tilt. B1 n The New England Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first game of the 2015 NFL season. B1

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John Tormino carries signs west near Lakewood Drive as protesters converge on the corner at Northwest Boulevard Thursday afternoon to protest the alleged abuse of the elderly in assisted living facilities.

Protecting the elderly New group rallies to increase awareness, call for changes; agencies say cases are taken seriously By BRIAN WALKER bwalker@cdapress.com

about elderly abuse and call for more oversight and stricter standards at senior care facilities and COEUR d’ALENE — A new with private caregivers. local grassroots group has “We are the angels; the formed to help keep elderly resi- mighty, mighty angels,” group dents SAFE. members chanted. “What are we About 40 people associated here for? We’re fighting for the with Silver Angels for the Elderly elderly.” (SAFE) rallied at the busy interMany of the participants section of Northwest Boulevard were dressed in attire for the and Lakewood Drive on Thursday, elderly — one man even donned hoping to increase awareness a diaper — and other costumes.

Some arrived with walkers or sat in wheelchairs as rush-hour traffic passed. “Agencies (that protect seniors from abuse) need to be shaken at the core,” said Diane Zell, a Hayden resident who helped start SAFE. “We need an oversight or ethics committee.” Rally participants held signs such as “Old lives matter” and “Warning Baby Boomers: U R next.”

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Zell believes her late mother, Marion, was physically and chemically abused at an area assisted living facility, so she took her mom out of the facility. Zell filed a complaint with the Idaho Bureau of Facility Standards that’s pending. “My mother was given sleeping medication that was not prescribed and drugs for anxiety see ELDERLY, A2

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n Stephen Colbert’s debut on “The Late Show” is full of nostalgia and chuckles. D6 n New York state approves $15 minimum wage for fastfood workers. B5


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